Dear Nate Clark

Dear Nate Clark,

A couple of days ago, I saw Joey Graceffa's video about his car getting towed. Apparently he had been sitting a little bit across somebody's driveway. He mentioned he was afraid that he had left important information out in his car. I was bothered by the way that he said it, describing the car in the driveway as "fatass" and calling the owner a "slut", which even when it's not applicable and is a joke, is never acceptable.  However, I didn't think too much of it, especially since he makes videos discussing his life every day. Either way, your response to the incident was totally, completely inappropriate.

First off, I get it. Joey completely exaggerated what happened, and a few hundred thousand people heard it and assumed that it was true. I think the first four points you make in your video are fair, but you turning around and refuting everything he said publicly may not have been the way to handle it. A good old-fashioned phone call or facebook message may have done the trick, without you having to broadcast your private issues for the internet to see. And yes, I get it - that may not be fair to you, as Joey was the one that first discussed it in his video. But I watch him pretty often and like I said, he makes videos discussing his personal life every single day, and this incident was pretty insignificant and would have been quickly buried if you had not brought it to the public eye.

Besides, if you're going to spend three minutes discussing how much you disliked him insulting you, you might consider not turning around and doing the exact same thing. Insulting the way he makes his videos "just talk for five more minutes about nothing...but who wants to listen to that?" is putting yourself on the same level. No matter the circumstances, calling someone out on how much money they earn and how much they owe on the internet is so completely unacceptable!

Either way, I think both of you made mistakes, but I believe the way you handled this and the things that you said were totally inappropriate. It has brought lots of hatred over to Joey's channel, with far more dislikes than usual on his most recent video and a near endless stream of mean comments. I don't know if you didn't realize or understand the effect your words would have, or if you didn't care, but either way I think your response was pretty despicable.